{"id":2408346,"date":"2025-03-01T13:18:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T18:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/andrew-cuomo-announces-campaign-for-nyc-mayor\/"},"modified":"2025-03-01T13:19:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T18:19:23","slug":"andrew-cuomo-announces-campaign-for-nyc-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/andrew-cuomo-announces-campaign-for-nyc-mayor\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Cuomo announces campaign for NYC Mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fandrew-cuomo-announces-campaign-for-nyc-mayor%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2408346&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former New York\u2064 Governor Andrew \u200dCuomo has announced his candidacy for mayor of New York City, marking a significant return to the political scene after his\u2063 resignation in 2021 amid a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuomo-wasnt-the-first-times-up-leaders-have-history-of-covering-up-liberal-scandals\/\" title=\"... Wasn\u2019t the First: Time\u2019s Up Leaders Have History of Covering Up Liberal Scandals\">sexual assault scandal<\/a>. In his\u2063 proclamation, Cuomo presented a grim \u2064portrayal of\u2062 the city, highlighting issues such as safety concerns, homelessness, and urban decay, calling it &#8220;threatening&#8221; and &#8220;in crisis.&#8221; He blamed \u2062these problems on\u200c the lack \u2064of effective \u2063leadership. \u2064Cuomo expressed optimism about restoring the\u2064 city&#8217;s former glory, stating, &#8220;New York is to the nation what the white church spire \u2062is to the\u2064 village,&#8221; and declaring his readiness to &#8220;save our city.&#8221; His announcement drew immediate backlash \u2064from\u200c opponents, who\u200c criticized his record as governor\u200d related \u2062to the allegations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lizzo-dropped-from-super-bowl-halftime-show-consideration-amid-dancers-sexual-harassment-and-abuse-allegations-report\/\" title=\"Lizzo excluded from Super Bowl Halftime Show due to dancers&#039; misconduct claims: Report.\">sexual\u2063 harassment<\/a> and the\u2064 management of COVID-19 cases \u2064in nursing\u2062 homes. Despite the \u200bchallenges,Cuomo remains hopeful about\u200b his ability to \u200blead the \u2064city forward.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Cuomo paints dim picture of NYC in mayoral campaign announcement: &lsquo;The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">city feels threatening&#038;rsquo<\/a>;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1901181\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his run for governor of New York City on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo has been largely absent from national politics after resigning from the New York governorship in 2021 following a sexual assault scandal. He has sought to rehabilitate his image in recent months, seeing an opening in New York City amid the crumbling of incumbent Mayor Eric Adams&rsquo;s popularity following his indictment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/columnists\/3334166\/pennsylvania-supreme-court-gop-cannot-be-complacent\/\">Pennsylvania Supreme Court and GOP cannot be complacent<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3333806\/under-biden-green-was-the-color-of-money\/\">Under Biden, &#8216;Green&#8217; was the color of money<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3333688\/nypd-makes-arrests-after-pro-palestine-student-protest-turns-violent\/\">NYPD makes arrests after pro-Palestinian student protest against &lsquo;Zionist occupation&rsquo; descends into violence<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo testifies before the House Oversight Select Subcommittee&rsquo;s hearing on the Coronavirus Pandemic, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo\/Cliff Owen, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cuomo cast a bleak image of New York City in his announcement video, expressing hope that he could turn it around.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"YPMZCi1UylE\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I'm Running for Mayor of NYC\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YPMZCi1UylE?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;New York City is in trouble. You feel it when you walk down the street and try not to make eye contact with a mentally ill homeless person, or when the anxiety rises up in your chest as you&rsquo;re walking down into the subway,&rdquo; Cuomo said. &ldquo;You see it in the empty store fronts, the graffiti, the grime, the migrant influx, the random violence the city just feels threatening, out of control and in crisis, these conditions exist not as an act of God, but rather as an act of our political leaders, or, more precisely, the lack of intelligent action by many of our political leaders.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He concluded on a hopeful note, saying that he was ready to &ldquo;save our city.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;New York is to the nation what the white church spire is to the village, the visible symbol of aspiration and faith, the white plume saying the way is up. I am not saying this is going to be easy. It <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-continuous-media-covid-fear-mongering-may-backfire-and-diminish-democrat-voter-turnout\/\" title=\"The Continuous Media COVID Fear Mongering May BACKFIRE and Diminish Democrat Voter Turnout\">won&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t be easy, but I know we can turn the city around, and I believe I can help, and that is why I announced my candidacy today for mayor of New York City,&rdquo; Cuomo said.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo&rsquo;s competition was quick to attack his run.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In honor of your sad attempt to get attention, let&rsquo;s remember your time as Governor of New York&mdash;before you resigned for sexually harassing 13 women and leading thousands of elderly New Yorkers to their deaths during Covid-19,&rdquo; Democratic New York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander said in a post on X.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welcome, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andrewcuomo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@andrewcuomo<\/a> !<\/p>\n<p>In honor of your sad attempt to get attention, let&#8217;s remember your time as Governor of New York&mdash;before you resigned for sexually harassing 13 women and leading thousands of elderly New Yorkers to their deaths during Covid-19.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JhXFMphn17\">https:\/\/t.co\/JhXFMphn17<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zafkiIqD8x\">pic.twitter.com\/zafkiIqD8x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brad Lander (@bradlander) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bradlander\/status\/1895891123505414501?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In 2024 the Department of Justice concluded that Cuomo harassed 13 women over a period of 8 years.  Cuomo has denied wrongdoing. <\/p>\n<p>During the Covid-19 pandemic Cuomo also faced criticism over moving elderly residents into nursing homes.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1901181\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1901181\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cuomo describes NYC&#8217;s troubles in mayoral campaign launch: &#8216;The city feels unsafe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2408347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Andrew-Cuomo.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32284,39067,36462,38349,5894],"class_list":["post-2408346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-andrew-cuomo","tag-campaign-announcement","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc-mayor","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Andrew-Cuomo.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2408346"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2408350,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408346\/revisions\/2408350"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2408347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2408346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2408346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2408346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}